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Three: Captain The Honourable F. C. Montgomerie, 2nd Life Guards, who was Mentioned in...

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Three: Captain The Honourable F. C. Montgomerie, 2nd Life Guards, who was Mentioned in Despatches as Adjutant of the Ayrshire Yeomanry in 1916 1914-15 Star (Capt. Hon. F. C. Montgomerie. 2-L. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. Hon. F. C. Montgomerie.) mounted as worn, light contact marks to BWM, generally very fine (3) £500-£700 --- The Honourable Francis Cunninghame Montgomerie was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, on 27 January 1887, the son of George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton and 3rd Earl of Winton, and his Australian-born wife Janet Lucretia Cunninghame. Educated at Eton, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 14th (King's) Hussars 12 December 1906. Transferring to the 2nd Life Guards 16 December 1908, he was raised Captain 4 May 1910 and was appointed Adjutant to the Ayrshire Yeomanry in February 1914.  Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13 July 1916) for services with the Earl of Carrick's Own (Ayrshire Yeomanry), Montgomerie was reported in the Evening Mail of 9 September 1918 as dining with the King and Queen. Transferred to the 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Montgomerie survived the war and later enjoyed meetings with the Belvoir Hunt. Appointed to the Reserve of Officers, he was made Chief Warden of Roxburghshire in December 1939 whilst living at Gattonside House; he died in the Haymarket District of Edinburgh on 16 March 1950.  For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 351.
Three: Captain The Honourable F. C. Montgomerie, 2nd Life Guards, who was Mentioned in Despatches as Adjutant of the Ayrshire Yeomanry in 1916 1914-15 Star (Capt. Hon. F. C. Montgomerie. 2-L. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. Hon. F. C. Montgomerie.) mounted as worn, light contact marks to BWM, generally very fine (3) £500-£700 --- The Honourable Francis Cunninghame Montgomerie was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, on 27 January 1887, the son of George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton and 3rd Earl of Winton, and his Australian-born wife Janet Lucretia Cunninghame. Educated at Eton, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 14th (King's) Hussars 12 December 1906. Transferring to the 2nd Life Guards 16 December 1908, he was raised Captain 4 May 1910 and was appointed Adjutant to the Ayrshire Yeomanry in February 1914.  Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13 July 1916) for services with the Earl of Carrick's Own (Ayrshire Yeomanry), Montgomerie was reported in the Evening Mail of 9 September 1918 as dining with the King and Queen. Transferred to the 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Montgomerie survived the war and later enjoyed meetings with the Belvoir Hunt. Appointed to the Reserve of Officers, he was made Chief Warden of Roxburghshire in December 1939 whilst living at Gattonside House; he died in the Haymarket District of Edinburgh on 16 March 1950.  For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 351.

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